Improvement in gates



J. ADAMS.

Gate.

No'. 77,564. l

Patented' May', 1868.

'To dZZ whom/l may concern.'

declare-thatthe following is a full, clear, and

vto' the accompanying drawings, andthe letters -this specification, A A represent' gate-posts posts A. The slats c c' are pivoted between the side of the slats c cnPivote'd between the sides Aof the lever L, and extending along on one of UNITED STATES lPMrnNir OFFICE.

JQHN'ADAMS, OF PONTIAC, MIHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT. i-N em'fis'-j` Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 72564, dated 'May 5, 1,868.

Beit known that I, JOHN ADAMs,-of Pontiac, 'in the county of Oakland, and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and Ido hereby.

exact description thereof, reference being had of reference marked thereon; A In the annexed drawings, making apart o f planted'or set in the vground at suitable distance apart, and'B B represent the'e'nd rails,- and c c the slats,-of a gate hinged to one of said end rails, BB, soy as to rise or faltas may be desired. A D represents a brace composedof two slat pivoted outside of and to the bottom of th'e the slats ce, between the sides ofthe brace D, is a bar or rod,'K, which is provided with a shoulder, or has a pin, at', extending through it.,

. The teeth of thelbrace D aredetached or nn- Ifully set forth.4

hooked from thecatch g, by means of the lever y i' Land barKgwhenever itA maybe desired to drop thefront end of 'thel gatewhen v'open or shut.

*h represents 'a ban-madeforkedat .onefendf :and 'narrow at the ,igt-her, as sho`wx'11 iny `Fi-gv-flZ. The lforked end ot' the bar h embraces "or 'fitsv around lthe end'railffB, and the narrowend tits As the gate swings open, the fork of the'bar'll strikes against the post A, and the lshoulder thereof' throws the brace D ont of lock with the catch`g,so that the-front end of the, gate 'will fall as lsoon tas fully open,.thereby saving the ltrouble of vf `11lowingv the gate' around. and fasteningit, in order'to havel it 'remain' open. Having thus fnlly'described vmy iIiventiOn, what I'c-laim as new, andv desire to Letters Patent, is,l

1. Thebar h, when usedin combination with va ga're,.fo r the' purpose yof automatically detachin/g the teethl'of the nbrace D and thereby droppingthefrontend 2. The combination 'of the bar K, vprovided with a catcher pin, "m, with the lever L, when both are arranged asand foi` the purpose speciedi.- v" l l g 3.- The 4arrangementetfthe brace Dcat ch g, bars It and K, lever L, and, a far'm-gate, the several parts b'eingconstrncted and operating lsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Inf'testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I- @yet-March, 1868. l

' 'JOHN ADAMS. 1 [L s.]

hav'efhereunto set my'handand seal,^this 26th Witnessem 'PETERv HOGAN, J A. CORBIN.

secure by' ot' saidgate, as herein 

